Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-25
THE CARE OF INFANTS.
D~formities which May he Avoidsd-Ds-
feetivs yision Spurious Cases.

Deformities which May he Avoided-Ds-
fectivs Vision Spurious Gases.
Perhaps from no other u~nsuspected in
trinity does such . variety and comphca-
ton Of diseases arise as from defective
vision. This variety is almost infinite. 1t
is the marvel Of the many that spectacles
are so prevalent in Our day, and the wise
acres assign first one reason and then an
other-one laying it to tight lacing, an
other to high heeled shoes, forgetting that
spectacles are as common among men as
among women. All combine, however.
to attack the oculists and declare that il
is all nonsense anyway, and merely an
effect Of the imagination upon which the
oculists are but too willing to play. But
the truth never seems to strike this same
general public Cthe truth for which the
specialized ones have need to be so thank
full that the scientists who, for love of
their kind and their profession. have de-
voted their lives 10 the study of the sub
ject in all its qualifications. have dis
covered a new way To treat old diseases.
i. e.. by way Of the eye, instead Of by
way Of the stomach.
George grows pale and thin and stoop-
shoullerrd. As soon as he commences
10 study he becomes sick at the stomach.
As this sickness seems TO accompany the
effort Of studying only. his father rather
fancics that il comes on because the boy
is Obliged to go 10 school. and he seems
inclined Ia force matters with his son.
But the mother knows the reality Of the
boys suffering. So she doctors him for
indigcstion-a little soda. a little lime
water. a little mint-all the harmless
remedies in fact that are written in the
mother pharmacopeia, not forgetting to
give him a liberal dose Of warm water
once III a while as an emetic. But all
this care does him no permanent good.
The moment George begins Ia study again
or To read the old trouble is renewed. So
often does this occur that his mother de-
tcrmines upon the advice of some one
wiser than herself.
Madame. says the physician, ''your
boy has no more dyspepsia than you
have. He is simply SO sighted that
he can hardly see beyond his nose. Get
s~pectacles for him. He is growing
round shouldered and hollow chested
from nothing else but a continued effort
{ o see. His sickness Of stomach arises
from the same cause. Take away his
peppermint and give him glasses instead,
or what is better, put him into the hands
Of some professional opthalmic surgeon.
The nerves are all in sympathy. and what
affects his eyes will likewise affect his
brain and stomach" The advice fol-
lowed. the boy is forthwith cured of his
dyspepsia.
In one case, well known 10 the writer,
a young girl was treated during three or
four years for violent spells Of headache.
She took pounds Of pills, pints Of medi-
cine, for her head. for her stomach. for
her spine. for malarial disorders, for neu.
ralgia, for bile. Her hair grew gray and
she babe fair TO sink into chronic inva-
lidism. A brilliant idea struck her and
in three months spectacles had done for
her what dosing had 10 done for her in
three years. There had been a constant
strain Of the nerves Of eve and brain.
while the poor girl had been trying to fit
together two eyes Of entirely dissimilar
focus. Emma {. Hewitt.